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The Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom

Dateline NBC

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True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Keith Morrison reports on the latest developments in the high-profile murder case of Lyle and Erik Menendez that continues to captivate the nation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight on Dateline.

0:01.6

I was just firing.

0:03.0

As I went into the room, I just started firing.

0:05.0

What was in front of you?

0:07.0

My parents.

0:09.0

35 years later, their crime still haunts.

0:13.0

Lyle and Eric Menendez, the brothers who killed their parents.

0:18.0

I just told them that I didn't want to do this.

0:21.6

And that it hurt me.

0:23.6

Were they abused?

0:25.0

Should they go free?

0:26.5

Social media, young people have just taken up their banner.

0:31.0

Now, new evidence.

0:32.9

There was a letter that Eric Menendez had written.

0:35.7

I'm convinced that he was talking about sexual abuse. There was a connection between Jose Menendez had written, I'm convinced that he was talking about sexual abuse.

0:38.6

There was a connection between Jose Menendez and some Minuto boy band members. Roy Rosella

0:45.2

told me that he had been assaulted. Hear from the brothers themselves. People were afraid of

0:51.6

there. There was no way he was going to let this secret get out. But you could laugh.

0:55.0

But leave and do what?

0:56.0

I believe that they should be released.

0:58.0

There's no reason they should get out.

1:00.0

They killed their parents.

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